Happy Valentine's Day!!

In leiu of a romance-centric diatribe, I've decided to post about commercialized holidays. I. LOVE. THEM. Who doesn't want to buy a bunch of random crap? See, I am one of those kids who has always been obsessed with novelty things. Novelty shirts, novelty objects, and don't even get me started on free things...one time I bought 30 bouncy balls one at a time just because I saw them and had to have them in all their cheapy goodness. I'm also a sucker for those "play-till-you-win" pick up games that have all the random plastic junk you can fit in the metal claw.

That's why commercialized holidays are the best. Even if, like myself, you don't have any particular reason to celebrate (Singles' Awareness Day, anyone?) then you can STILL buy the stuff!!!!!!!!! My favorite thing to do on Valentine's Day is buy Disney valentines and attack everyone I've ever met with them. Then buy a ton of cheap chocolate and eat it all while watching discounted chick flicks.

Some people complain that businesses hype up lame holidays just so they can make more money...well, DUH. It's called advertising! It's really just  doing what they do 7/365, except specialized a little bit. For those who are in relationships, V-day is like a second anniversary (except for the poor saps whose anniversaries ARE V-day). You get presents and unprecedented attention for one extra day of the year. Sure, you can do things like that all the time, but V-day commercialism opens the doors a lot wider for awesome gifts. I mean, really, what other time of the year do you find heart-shaped chocolate as big as your head?

As Ever,
Mandi